have+possession+of

impĕtro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. impetrarier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40; inf. fut. act. impetrassere, id. Aul. 4, 7, 6; id. Cas. 2, 3, 53; id. Mil. 4, 3, 35; id. Stich. 1, 2, 23), v. a. [in-patro], to accomplish, effect, bring to pass; to get, obtain, procure, esp. by exertion, request, entreaty (class.; cf.: obtineo, adipiscor, consequor).

In gen., constr. with acc., ut, ne, the simple subj., or absol.

With acc.:

quod volui, ut volo, impetravi per amicitiam et gratiam a Philocomasio,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:

istuc confido a fratre me impetrassere,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 6:

a me istam exceptionem numquam impetrabunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 97:

ei Dolabella rogatu meo civitatem a Caesare impetravit,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

decet abs te id impetrarier,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40:

in omni re considerandum est et quid postules ab amico et quid patiare a te impetrari,

Cic. Lael. 20, 76; cf. id. ib. 11, 38:

dum id impetrant,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 37; 1, 2, 17:

cum istuc, quod postulo, impetro cum gratia,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 11; id. Ad. 3, 4, 44:

uti ea, quae vellent, impetrarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 2:

(chorus) Impetrat et pacem et locupletem frugibus annum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:

restitutionem patris,

Quint. 7, 1, 42; 11, 3, 4:

provinciam,

id. 6, 3, 68: post impetratam studiis meis [p. 903] quietem, id. Prooem. §

1: impetrato Fortis Augusti reditu,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 42.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.: Cl. Quid, si ego impetro atque exoro a vilico, causa mea Ut eam illi permittat? St. Quid si ego ab armigero impetro, Eam illi permittat? atque hoc, credo, impetrassere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 51 sq.:

impetrabis igitur a Caesare, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 26:

a Sequanis impetrat, ut per fines suos ire Helvetios patiantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9 fin.:

verbisne istis, ut pugnent, te impetraturum credis,

Liv. 2, 46, 6:

postremo impetravi, ut ne quid ei succenseat,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 4:

suadeo, a te impetres, ne sis nugax,

Petr. 52:

tandem impetravi abiret,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 190.— Pass. impers.: aegre ab iis impetratum est summa tribunorum plebis contentione, ut in senatu recitarentur (litterae);

ut vero ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari non potuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136.—In abl. of the part. perf.:

impetrato, ut manerent,

Liv. 9, 30, 10; Vell. 2, 107, 2.—

and inf.:

Agrippina in oppidum Ubiorum veteranos coloniamque deduci impetrat,

Tac. A. 12, 27.—

Absol.:

incipere multo est quam impetrare facilius,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 14:

hilarus exit, impetravit,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 62; id. As. 3, 3, 131: Ca. Jus hic orat. Ly. Impetrabit te advocato atque arbitro, id. Trin. 5, 2, 37:

quid attinet dicere, si contendisset, impetraturum non fuisse, cum, etc.?

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

si id ita fecisset... si non impetraret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35, 4:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

id. ib. 6, 2, 2:

simul, ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

id. ib. 4, 13, 5; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; cf.:

sperare, ab eo de sua ac militum salute impetrare posse,

id. B. G. 5, 36, 3; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—Esp.: impetras, you have your request, i. e. I will do as you desire, nolo ames. Pae. Facile impetras, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 63: adpropera! age, amabo! Mu. Impetras, abeo, id. Cas. 2, 2, 39; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 119; id. Cas. 2, 3, 17.—

Esp.

Like impetrio:

exstat annalium memoria, sacris quibusdam et precationibus vel cogi fulmina vel impetrari, etc.,

Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.—

In mal. part., to obtain, get possession of:

ut superior sis mihi quam quisquam qui impetrant,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 10.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo].

Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.):

servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 23:

domi obsidere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6:

in limine,

Val. Fl. 2, 237.—

Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.

In gen.:

aram,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36:

ranae stagna et rivos obsident,

frequent marshes, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:

obsedit limina bubo,

Sil. 8, 636:

Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet,

Cic. Div. 2, 56.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno):

cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

Curio Uticam obsidere instituit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis,

Liv. 2, 11:

propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi,

id. 25, 11:

ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum,

id. 30, 7:

totam Italiam,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

vias,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

vallis obsessa,

Verg. A. 10, 120:

egregias Lateranorum aedīs,

Juv. 10, 17.—

To occupy, fill, possess:

corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,

is filled, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

senatum armis,

id. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

palus obsessa salictis,

full of osier-thickets, Ov. M. 11, 363:

Trachasque obsessa palude,

i. e. surrounded, id. ib. 15, 717.—

Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of:

alicujus animum,

Just. 42, 4, 21:

qui meum tempus obsideret,

who took up my time, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210:

cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,

that they were continually besieged by his brother, Liv. 40, 20 fin. —

To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for:

jacere humi... ad obsidendum stuprum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

rostra,

id. Fl. 24, 57.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

ūtor (old form oetor, oesus, etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11; inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus ( inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. [etym. dub.].

Prop., to use.

With abl.

To make use of, employ: cave... ne tibi hoc scipione malum magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego conspicor? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4:

hoc oculo,

id. Mil. 4, 7, 25:

sola potest animi per se natura... durare et sensibus uti,

Lucr. 3, 560:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

utinam, quem ad modum oratione sum usurus alienā, sic mihi ore uti liceret alieno,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis ac feris testibus,

cite, appeal to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58:

neque enim accusatore muto neque teste quisquam utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi?

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11:

mancipium, quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a populo,

id. ib. 2, 4, 5, §

9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

84: ut postea numquam dextro (oculo) aeque bene usus sit,

Nep. Hann. 4, 3:

si licet exemplis in parvo grandibus uti,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25:

viribus utendum est, quas fecimus,

Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:

earum (navium) materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus,

id. ib. 6, 16:

ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

ad quam rem (deus) motu mentis ac ratione utatur,

id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro:

utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—

Esp.

To manage, control, wield:

bene ut armis, optime ut equis uteretur,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

nemo est quin eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur quam intractato,

id. Lael. 19, 68.—

To spend, use:

velim cum illā videas ut sit qui utamur (sc. pecunia),

Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem utens,

id. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

cum horis nostris nos essemus usi,

spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.— Absol.:

notum et quaerere et uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—

To wear:

pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:

ne insignibus quidem regiis Tullus nisi jussu populi est ausus uti,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—

To accept, adopt:

eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

praeposteris enim utimur consiliis et acta agimus,

Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—

To resort to, consult:

neque Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114:

oraculo,

Tac. A. 2, 54.—

Of a form or style of speech, sentiment, etc., to make, adopt, employ:

sermonibus morologis utier,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21:

si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur,

Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19:

hac unā defensione,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8:

haec oratio, quā me uti res publica coëgit,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:

cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis,

id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

illa criminatio, quā in me absentem usus est,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—

To perform, exercise, practise, etc.:

crucior, patrem... nunc inprobi viri officio uti,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14:

eādem nos disciplinā utimur,

id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.:

nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare: etsi ars quidem, cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus usus, finem hodiernus dies attulit,

observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1:

eos (senes) ego fortasse nunc imitor et utor aetatis vitio,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 6:

ratione utuntur,

exercise moderation, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

ut anteponantur... ratione utentia rationis expertibus,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

ne tu, leno, postules Te hic fide lenoniā uti: non potis,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30:

viribus uteris per clivos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

ut hoc utimur maxime more moro multum,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1:

ita aperte ipsam rem locutus nil circuitione usus es,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—

In gen., to use, enjoy, profit by, take advantage of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite... eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, i. e. enjoy, exercise, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2:

commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier,

id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13:

serius a terrā provectae naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio utor, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., had the use of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf.

I. B. 2. infra: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,

id. N. D. 1, 37, 103:

propter nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,

id. ib. 2, 60, 152:

si fortunā permittitis uti,

to try, take advantage of, Verg. A. 9, 240:

nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.:

decet hunc ordinem... bene utier amicitiā,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24:

libertate modice utantur,

Liv. 34, 49, 8:

deorum Muneribus sapienter uti,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 48:

Ofellam Integris opibus novi non latius usum Quam nunc accisis,

id. S. 2, 2, 113:

quia parvo nesciet uti,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 41:

temporibus sapienter utens,

taking advantage of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: foro uti, to make one's market, i. e. accommodate one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, take advantage of events:

scisti uti foro,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.— Absol.:

opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis),

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.:

ne Silius quidem quicquam utitur (sc. suis hortis),

Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —

Of passions, traits of character, etc., to indulge, practise, exercise, yield to, etc.:

inter nos amore utemur semper subrepticio?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49:

alacritate ac studio,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

severitas, quā tu in iis rebus usus es,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

usus est ipse incredibili patientiā,

id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti volo, Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.):

dementer amoribus usa,

Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.:

ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—

To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy, etc., ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31:

hoc honore usi togati solent esse,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

homines amplissimis usos honoribus,

id. Fl. 19, 45:

nobiles amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt,

Liv. 34, 44, 4:

primus externorum usus illo honore quem majores Latio quoque negaverint,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: quoniam semel est odio civiliter usus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—

To use as food or medicine, to take, drink, etc.:

lacte mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis,

Ov. F. 4, 369:

aquis frigidis,

Cels. 1, 1:

antidoto,

Scrib. Comp. 171:

medicamento,

id. ib. 228:

vino modice,

Cels. 8, 11:

ex altero (loco, i. e. ex lacu) ut pecus uti possit (sc. aquā),

Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—

With the thing used, etc., as direct obj. (class. only in gerund. constr.; v. infra): nuptias abjeci, amicos utor primoris viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.):

facilitatem vulgariam,

Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

res pulchras, quas uti solet,

id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.):

ita uti eum oportet libertatem,

Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

cetera quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur fide,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47:

dic mihi, an boni quid usquam'st, quod quisquam uti possiet,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

diutine uti bene licet partum bene,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 15:

profecto uteris ut voles operam meam,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 128:

mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29:

BALINEVM... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX.,

Inscr. Orell. 202: si quid est, quod utar, utor: si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1:

oleam albam, quam voles uti, condito,

id. R. R. 118:

quam rem etiam nomine eodem medici utuntur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23:

ferrum,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—

Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases dare utendum, to lend; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to borrow, etc. (class.;

freq. in Plaut.): quod datum utendum'st,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7:

quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: auris tibi contra utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81:

quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:

te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

multa rogant utenda dari, data reddere nolunt,

Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of having and using).

Pregn., to enjoy the friendship of any one; to be familiar or intimate with, to associate with a person.

With abl:

his Fabriciis semper est usus Oppianicus familiarissime,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

quā (Caeciliā) pater usus erat plurimum,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27:

Trebonio multos annos utor valde familiariter,

id. Fam. 1, 3, 1:

Lucceius qui multum utitur Bruto,

id. Att. 16, 5, 3:

utere Pompeio Grospho,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22:

quo pacto deceat majoribus uti,

id. ib. 1, 17, 2:

si sciret regibus uti,

ib. ib. 14:

ita me verebatur ut me formatore morum, me quasi magistro uteretur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—

With acc.:

vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres quam minimum utatur,

Cato, R. R. 143, 1.—

To be in possession of a thing, esp. to have, hold, or find a thing in some particular mode or character; with abl.:

mihi si unquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre,

he shall find an indulgent father in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

patre usus est diligente et diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

bonis justisque regibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

quae (sc. libertas) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

ut is illis benignis usus est ad commodandum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 3, §

6: ne bestiis quoque immanioribus uteremur,

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque A puero est,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 95:

uteris monitoribus isdem,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 154:

valetudine non bonā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur,

Ov. M. 13, 52.— Absol.:

nam pol placidum te et clementem eo usque modo ut volui usus sum in alto (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te usus sum),

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, that possesses:

utentior sane sit,

i. e. a larger possessor, richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.

vindĭco (on account of a supposed derivation from venum - dico, also written vendĭco), āvi, ātum, 1 (collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., VINDICIT, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1 fin.), v. a. [vim - dico, prop. to assert authority, viz. in a case where legal possession of a thing claimed is refused; hence, transf.], to lay legal claim to a thing, whether as one's own property or for its restoration to a free condition.

Lit.: IN. IVS. DVCITO. NI IVDICATVM FACIT AVT QVIS ENDO EOM IVRE VINDICIT, i. e. eum in jure vindicat, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf., on the form of laying claim to disputed personal property, Gai Inst. 4, 16:

vindicare sponsam in libertatem,

Liv. 3, 45, 11; cf. id. 3, 48, 5; 3, 46, 7:

puellam,

id. 3, 46, 3:

ita vindicatur Virginia spondentibus propinquis,

id. 3, 46, 8.—

Transf., in gen. (freq. and class.; cf. assero).

To lay claim to as one's own, to make a claim upon, to demand, claim, arrogate, assume, appropriate a thing:

omnia non Quiritium sed sapientium jure pro suis vindicare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

videor id meo jure quodam modo vindicare,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2:

Homerum... Chii suum vindicant,

id. Arch. 8, 19:

ortūs nostri partem patria vindicat,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

maximam partem quasi suo jure Fortuna sibi vindicat,

id. Marcell. 2, 6:

ceterarum rerum quae sunt in oratore, partem aliquam sibi quisque vindicat,

id. Or. 19, 69:

quod neque summi imperatores... sibi umquam vindicare sunt ausi,

Quint. 1, prooem. §

14: partem oneris tui mihi vindico,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

majestatem sibi,

id. Pan. 42, 1:

partis sibi aequas potentiae,

Suet. Tib. 50; id. Tit. 5; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 3; id. Cons. Helv. 3, 9; id. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; Val. Max. 4, 3, 1; 5, 3, ext. 2; cf. Plin. Pan. 8, 2; Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: iniquissima haec bellorum condicio est; prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur, Tac. Agr. 27:

victoriae majore parte ad se vindicatā,

Liv. 44, 14, 8:

decus belli ad se,

id. 9, 43, 14:

tanta tamen universae Galliae consensio fuit libertatis vindicandae, ut, etc.,

should be maintained, vindicated, Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

Trasimenum pro Tarsimeno multi auctores... vindicaverunt,

have adopted, Quint. 1, 5, 13; so id. 1, 5, 26:

vindicet antiquam faciem, vultusque ferinos Detrahat,

reassume, Ov. M. 2, 523.— Poet., with inf.:

vindicat hoc Pharius dextrā gestare satelles,

Luc. 8, 675.—

To place a thing in a free condition.

In libertatem vindicare, to set free, to free, emancipate:

in libertatem rem populi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

ex dominatu Ti. Gracchi in libertatem rem publicam,

id. Brut. 58, 212:

rem publicam afflictam et oppressam in veterem dignitatem ac libertatem,

i. e. to restore, id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

Galliam in libertatem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

se et populum Romanum in libertatem,

id. B. C. 1, 22.—

To deliver, liberate, protect, defend:

te ab eo vindico et libero,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9:

nos a verberibus, ab unco, a crucis terrore neque res gestae neque acta aetas neque vestri honores vindicabunt?

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16:

sapientia sola nos a libidinum impetu et formidinum terrore vindicat,

id. Fin. 1, 14, 46:

quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

id. Fl. 17, 40:

aliquem a miseriis morte,

id. Brut. 96, 329:

a molestiā,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 2:

a labore,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

domum suam a solitudine,

id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

laudem summorum oratorum ab oblivione hominum atque a silentio,

rescue, id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

sed ab hac necessitate egregie vos fortuna vindicat,

Liv. 37, 54, 10:

corpora a putrescendo (sal),

Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 98:

ebur a carie (vetus oleum),

id. 15, 7, 7, § 32:

capillum a canitie,

id. 28, 11, 46, § 164:

se non modo ex suspitione tanti sceleris, verum etiam ex omni hominum sermone,

Cic. Sull. 20, 59:

perpetienda illa fuerunt, ut se aliquando ad suos vindicaret,

might restore, id. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

quam dura ad saxa revinctam Vindicat Alcides,

sets free, Ov. M. 11, 213:

tandem absolutus vindicatusque est (reus),

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1.—

With respect to some wrong perpetrated (cf. ulciscor), to avenge, revenge, punish; to take vengeance on any one; make compensation for:

omnia quae vindicaris in altero, sibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

maleficium in aliis vindicare,

id. Sull. 6, 19:

facinus in nullo etiam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

dolum malum et legibus,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61. acerrime maleficia, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12:

consensionem improborum supplicio omni,

id. Lael. 12, 43:

eam rem quam vehementer,

id. Quint. 7, 28:

Ti. Gracchi conatus perditos,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

necem Crassi,

Ov. F. 6, 468:

offensas ense,

id. Tr. 3, 8, 40:

fortuita non civium tantummodo sed urbium damna principis munificentia vindicat,

Vell. 2, 126, 4.— Impers. pass.:

fateor non modo in socios, sed etiam in cives militesque nostros persaepe esse severe ac vehementer vindicatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 133:

vindicandum in eos,

Sall. J. 31, 18:

vindicatum in eos, qui, etc.,

id. C. 9, 4; cf.:

in quos (Venetos) eo gravius Caesar vindicandum statuit, quo diligentius, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16.—

Transf. (after the analogy of ulcisci): vindicare se ab (de) aliquo, to revenge one's self upon one:

se ab illo,

Sen. Ben. 6, 5, 3:

se de fortunā praefationibus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 14.— Pass.:

quantā saevitiā opus erat, ut Sulla de Mario vindicaretur,

Flor. 3, 21, 19.